Welcome to the Nick Virgilio Writers House & Association
Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning of poetry and strengthen our communities in the literary arts.
We have winners!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Haiku Society of America Nicholas A. Virgilio
Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition
Teo Contac
Grade 7, Botosani, Romania
Emme Doyle
Grade 8, Atlanta, GA
Elsa Krol
Grade 9, State College, PA
Benjamin Moon-Chun
Grade 8, Decatur, GA
Maria Negrut
Grade 7, Botosani, Romania
Edi Parvu
Grade 7, Botosani, Romania
Selected Haiku
By Nicholas A. Virgilio
This limited edition reprint contains some of Nick’s most well-known and deeply personal pieces.
Support Us
The Nick Virgilio Writers House is raising money to support programming at the house. Help us spread literacy and build poetry community in Camden.
Nick Virgilio - the poet
The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association was founded in 1989 to promote the writing of haiku poetry, to provide encourage-ment and support to young people to write poetry, and to further the work and poetry of Camden haiku poet Nick Virgilio.